The Gifted School
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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Wise and addictive... The Gifted School is the juiciest novel I've read in ages... a suspenseful, laugh-out-loud page-turner and an incisive inspection of privilege, race and class. -J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Friends and Strangers, in The New York Times Smart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a previously happy group of friends and parents that is nearly destroyed by their own competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens in the community This deliciously sharp novel captures the relentless ambitions and fears that animate parents and their children in modern America, exploring the conflicts between achievement and potential, talent and privilege. Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School is a keenly entertaining novel that observes the drama within a community of friends and parents as good intentions and high ambitions collide in a pile-up with long-held secrets and lies. Seen through the lens of four families who've been a part of one another's lives since their kids were born over a decade ago, the story reveals not only the lengths that some adults are willing to go to get ahead, but the effect on the group's children, sibling relationships, marriages, and careers, as simmering resentments come to a boil and long-buried, explosive secrets surface and detonate. It's a humorous, keenly observed, timely take on ambitious parents, willful kids, and the pursuit of prestige, no matter the cost.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0525534962
ISBN13:9780525534969
Release Date:July 2019
Publisher:Riverhead Books
Length:464 Pages
Weight:1.53 lbs.
Dimensions:1.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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8 customer ratings | 5 reviews
Rated 3 starsFamily and Friend Drama at it's Finest
By Stephanie, Verified Purchase
I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy this book solely for the drama between friends and family. Not a lot is really going on plot-wise, it's just a soap opera in book form and I'm here for it.
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Rated 5 starsGreat Book
By caitobrien,
Great summer read! Super fast to get through, could be slow during some parts but overall kept my attention the entire time and has its plot twist ending that I wasn't expecting !
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